Absolutely right Steve, I thought we were!

If you don't want the forum to resize them, either use the Gallery (top menus) or do the resizing first. I haven't found the potential drop in quality is an issue, but if anyone is unhappy then making the images posted the correct size to begin with seems a way to go. As forums are discussion boards with images to support the posts or illustrate points made, I think the size limitations on images are fair enough.

You can now upload your pictures directly into the forum, so a hosting service isn't needed.

I found a basic problem with video was that unless I was making movies, then it didn't really produce an end result that anybody would want to watch. I remember the sheer horror of the prospect of seeing anybody's holiday Super8 movies......worse than the dreaded slide show.

So video isn't a factor for me. I realise that for some it will be, and no doubt they will invest in whatever they feel is suitable for the purpose.

It depends what you mean by carte blanche as well. There is probably a requirement for them to be licensed to publish your images in any form they want, because they publish to the whole world via the internet. In the future they may change their ownership, so need that ability to transfer those rights to the new owner. Otherwise, the whole system would break down through lack of permissions.

I suspect, although I haven't read the fine print, that the carte blanche isn't as onerous as thought, but just there to ensure that the site can operate properly.

Unless they are able to use images for profit by selling them, in which case that would be a breach of your copyright.

I'd tend to use the 12-24mm and the 10-17mm lenses in very tight conditions, but to pick out details other longer lenses might be needed as well.

No politics please.

As for the flag, it's most likely that most people these days don't know which way up it goes, rather than any particular decision on their part.

I still bear in mind the alternative question, which is how many images could I lose if an SD card became corrupted? For this reason, I use a different card for each day of shooting or for each specific job. When backed up the cards are formatted (in the camera) for re-use.

I've just had a look and the site is still there, so are all the images. The right-click option seems to be disabled, but I suppose a screen grab would work. The quality doesn't seem great though so not the best way to keep an archive copy.

Always keep a copy ourselves is the ideal thing, with a backup just in case something goes wrong with any individual drive.

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